"Couse
Poppies"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 39" |
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| Pat Woodall views the subjects
he paints with an intensity that is felt in every
canvas. His broad strokes and rich colors capture the
movement and line, texture and shadow that define the
true nature of each object and scene; it is not
intricate details that concern Woodall. “A storm
doesn’t always have to appear exactly like a stormy
sky but it can feel like one because of the texture or
shadow that I have created,” he says. |
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| Woodall captures
scenes that define the rich landscape and heritage of the southwest.
Always his paintings reflect a sense of place so visceral they seem
to swell with a life-force that expands beyond the canvas. Woodall
does not spend time sketching and refining his compositions, rather
he sees and interprets. “When I paint, it’s totally hands-on.
Sometimes I draw with my fingers, or I take the paint and dab and
dot with it,” he says. “I like the way cotton canvas takes the paint
off the brush and the way linen will grab paint and give me a rough
effect. I like the rough, the unrefined. I guess it’s my style.” |
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| A childhood
spent in Alabama contrasted with the open spaces and intense
light Woodall found in the high altitudes of the west.
Before he turned to painting fulltime, the artist worked as
a designer and builder, skills that allowed him to build his
own two-story log cabin with logs felled by his own hand. It
is this background working with big, raw materials – stone,
concrete, wood and dirt – that translates into his art. Each
Woodall canvas is alive with raw color and movement,
revealing the undeniable confidence and spontaneity of this
artist’s hand. Click on an image
to see a larger
view.
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"Magic
Mountain"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 36" |
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"Arizona Sky"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 30" |
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"Chimayo"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40" |
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"Prayers by the River"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40" |
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"Lilac Wall"
Oil on Canvas
30" x 30" |
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